The painting caught me by surprise. I was meandering the dusty grounds of an antique mall in Granbury, Texas when I saw it. Jesus’s face, wracked with dismay, looking at me from behind old clutter. The painting was dirty and tucked among rusty tools and buckets in an open-faced shed, exposed to the weather. Why […]
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I originally wrote this article for Logia and reposting here. “Students like you scare me.” Those were the words of a well-known biblical scholar at a well-known evangelical seminary when I sent an enthusiastic inquiry about the possibility of studying under him in a PhD program. I mistakenly conveyed passion for making a difference in
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One of the best books I’ve read lately is Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport (which I reviewed previously). I’m now practicing what he preached, having almost completed the thirty-day break from social media to discern my philosophy of technology. In what ways do my values guide why and how I use tech? Turning Reflex into
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During Lent this year, death hovered near. My friend Bill, a beloved pastor in the community, underwent chemo for an unexpected brain tumor. The spouse of someone I provide spiritual care for was suddenly hospitalized. And well-known Christian writer, Rachel Held Evans was placed in a medically induced coma after the flu took a dangerous
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Several years ago, I was walking down the street on an ordinary day when suddenly a thought came out of the blue: What if there is no God? I was not pondering the subject at the time and the intruding thought felt strangely self-animating. But rather than disturbing me, I was surprised to feel momentary
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